Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/21
By: Long Po-an and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) Taiwan’s world No. 1 badminton player Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) had
Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎/photo courtesy of badminton photo)
to settle for the silver medal Sunday in the women’s singles final of the 2018 Malaysian Masters after losing to Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in three sets.
The 23-year-old top-seeded Tai met her defeat with a score of 16-21, 21-14, 22-24, playing with an injured big toe.
Soon after the match kicked off, the two aces got into a fierce battle that saw the scoreboard seesawing until they came to 16-16. After that, though, Tai lost five consecutive points to lose to the world fifth-ranked Ratchanok 16-21 in the first set.
Tai changed her approach as the second set opened. With strong straight smashes, Tai took the lead with a score of 20-12 at one point before conceding a mere two points to her opponent before the set ended at 21-14. [FULL STORY]
